Alessio's python boots in bright red were quite tastefully done imo.I believe that colour is much muted in real life and not as intense as it appears in the pics online(Layers). Afterall the dyeing process leaves the skin with a close to uniform colour without altering the texture on it. So, if it is the texture on the snake skin that you are going for, then a pair dyed in a darker colour would be the way to go. I can't imagine those IS derbies in their actual skin pattern. What i find to be tacky are those made with un-dyed skin( reticulated python's) where you see the actual pattern on the skin.

Carpe D had a pair of s21s made of python skin(?? eck or someone with better knowledge on CDs could verify this) that were amazing.